Larian Studios Forums Beyond Divinity (English) Technical Problems Patch V 1.45 for ENGLISH version released

If you solve the quest, you do get a temporary quest solved message ( "I've freed the paralyzed imps and as I expected, they were very grateful.")
However as soon as you try to move the potion the quest reappears in your log.

What happens when you try to pick up the Raanaar summoning doll?

I'm having intermittent save game errors with this patch, which I didn't have before installing it. It happens every 3-4 saves. I get a message saying "there was an error saving this game to your HDD" or something very similar. It saves it as a .tmp file, so then I end up having to save the game again and renaming it. This doesn't appear to be affecting any other part of the game, and it's the only bug I can see, but it is really annoying.

Are you shutting down all non-essential programs (especially anti-virus) before starting the game?
Have you run a scandisk and defrag on the hard drive the game is installed on?

Yes to all.

Unfortunately, I don't know what else could be interrupting the save process. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/disagree.gif" alt="" />

The only other reason i can think of is: Installing the game in administrator mode (or power user), and then playing it as a limited user. That may cause a rights issue in the OS, where it may not want to allow the person to save to that location (it may sometimes sees that location as protected to the user that installed the game).

But unless the computer is running multiple users in different levels of access rights, or is on a domain, this shouldnt happen, unless there are some 3rd party rights manangement program installed (like the type that makes control panel inaccesible or password protects some programs and directories).

"Net Nannies" are also famous for changing acccess rights to some directories (espesially "program files" which is where the game installs to).

I'm playing the game in single-player mode on my own PC. I have Windows XP. There are no 3rd party management programs installed to my knowledge, unless they piggy-backed onto some program as spyware or something. I run Ad-aware and Spybot every so often, you'd think they'd catch anything like that

Other than the windows "rights" issues, i cannot begin to think what may cause the problem.

Rights management programs dont come as spyware (thank heavens as that would cause absolute havoc on a computer).

The only other thing that i may suggest is re-installing the game, but this time dont use the default folder. Change it to a folder like c:\games\larian\beyond divinity\ where windows wont try and have a say over who can use it or not (in other words not a protected location like c:\windows or c: program files or c:\documents and settings

Just for interest sake, if you go into control panel, and then go into users, you will be able to see if you are an "administrator" or a "limited user"

Windows is a very funny beast sometimes, especially when patches are involved.
Sometimes the best bet is to copy your saved games folder and its contents.
Totally uninstall the game.
Reinstall the game.
Reboot as required.
Install the latest patch and then put your copied saved games folder back.

I have found this has helped me with many games.

Good Luck <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Well I downloaded the english version and it is telling me the same thing..
"This is not the good game version"
Last time I checked I was still in the U.S..... lol
I do not get why the patch will not load up.

It is bugging me that it won't work as it took FOREVER to download, cause I live out in the middle of nowhere and we can only get "dial up" connection.. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ouch.gif" alt="" />

anyhoo... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/offtopic.gif" alt="" /> my other problem is that in the 2nd battlefield... I cleared the whole area.. as.. well.. there was NO ONE THERE!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/sleepey.gif" alt="" /> I read all this stuff about hack/slash in the battlefields yet I am not incountering any of that. In battlefield one... the 1st time down I did not find anything to fight.. then when I started the game over from the very begining.. I encountered battles. BUT.. now I am not getting anyone to fight down in 2 or in 3. The halls are totally EMPTY!! Talk about a total BORE! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/sleepey.gif" alt="" />

anyhoo...I have rambled long enough.. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />
can someone please help me????? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />
PLEASE....

PLEEEEEEEEEASE!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cry.gif" alt="" /> lol <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/silly.gif" alt="" />

The no-monsters in the battle fields, are one of the problems fixed with that patch.

The only thing i can think of is either that the patch was downloaded corrupt, or that you may have the wrong version of the patch... the australian version has its own patches.

What error does the patch give you?
What english version of the game do you have?
(hip games = US)
(digital jesters = UK) both of these will work with the normal english patch.
I am not sure who the Aus distributor is, but if its not Hip or Jesters, then it is the aus version.

If you try to download the patch again, try to use a download manager like download accelerator plus, it will not only make it faster, but also has better parity checking than normal downloads.

The patch checks the registry for the install path. If you installed the game from an account in Windows XP without administrative privileges, or used an over-aggressive registry cleaner, that could be the cause of the error.
You could run regedit (click Start | Run, type in 'regedit' and hit Enter) and check what is listed for the 'Version' under the key;
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\LarianStudios\BeyondDivinity

The North American / UK 1.45 English version patch I have is 22,294,413 bytes and has a CRC32 value of 9e4630a2. This is the cyclic redundancy check used in zip files, so if you have an archive manager that displays this under advanced properties, or something, you could zip the patch to check that it matches my version. Alternately, there are other programs to compute this value, such as FileCheck. Usually corrupt program downloads give a different error, so I would check your registry first.

Hi,

I have send you an email regarding this.
When more people have this problem, please contact support@larian.com

Thanks,
Lynn

I have the Hip Games version
I am PC stupid.... so.... reading what Raze was telling me has my brain hurting.
I have no clue what was being said.

Well I take that back.. I know allot about PC stuff.. I just do not know what I know. I am not "schooled" in computers I am totally self taught..

The file that was sent to me I am unable to open after I unzip it.
I am sorry if I am annoying anyone here..
I don't mean to be. I usally go to my hubby for help on these matters but he is REALLY busy at work and I do not want to bug him over a game.

Thanks a mill you all! You are so nice to help.
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[color:"orange"]The file that was sent to me I am unable to open after I unzip it.[/color]

There were no instructions in the email?
What is the name (and extension) of the file? If the name and extension match that of one of the files in the 'Beyond Divinity' folders, then I would guess it is suppose to be a straight replacement.

Here is what it said

Our apologies for this inconvenience.
Please unzip the file in attachment and double click the vbs file.
This should fix the problem.
If not, please contact me again.


The attachment is CreateBDReg.vbs file and I can not open it at all.

I am running Windows98

does that make a differance?

Called hubby at work and he asked me about it and I told him
He siad that he would add everything manually if he has to when he comes home.
Is there any way to avoid that?

Sorry I am so dorky lol

vbs = Visual Basic Script

This is a script file, so needs an interpreter installed to run (the vbs file basically contains a list of instructions that the interpreter reads and executes). Since your husband is familiar with Visual Basic Script, he can look at the file and follow the instructions manually (there should only be a couple things to add/change).

Windows Script may be installed by default under XP, or included with later versions of Internet Explorer, but AFAIK has always been a separate install under Windows 98. You can download and install the interpreter so you can run vbs files, but you should have your husband check Internet Explorer's security settings afterwards, since there are security exploits with the default settings in earlier versions (which I think MS has since mostly addressed). Manually making the changes from the vbs file would probably be easier, though.

See here; Microsoft Windows Script Downloads



Did you install the game to the default folder?
If your husband has not already fixed this, there is an easier method in this case which would avoid having to install the interpreter to use only once. A registry file can add or change the registry entries that the patch needs to find the install path. The vbs file would be easier and more user friendly if you had Windows Script installed.

Beyond Divinity registry file - right click and select 'Save Target As'. This file contains the following registry key;



If you installed the game to the default location, then you can right click on the registry file and select 'Merge' (this is also the default action if you double click it). If you installed the game to a different location, say 'd:\games\Beyond Divinity' for example, you will need to open the file in a text editor, such as Notepad, and edit the 'InstallDir' value. You can right click on the file and select 'Edit'. Note the use of double slashes. With the install location just mentioned, the line would be edited to read;
"InstallDir"="D:\\games\\Beyond Divinity"

Yep, Raze's solution should work too (if the game language is English and if StewsHunBun downloaded the right patch).

I created a VBS (instead of .REG) so that people could select their own language and installfolder.